Washing-machine



UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. WHITESIDE, OF BUCK HORN, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,093, dated February 22, 1887.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. WHITESIDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buck Horn, in the county of Brown and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVashing-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in washing-machines, and has for its object the washing of clothes more thoroughly and advantageously than has hitherto been done, and at the same time it enables the operator to keep sufficiently far from the steam arising from the water in washing, so that there will be no danger of scalding the operator; and to this end the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically claimed.

In the annexed drawing, to which reference is made, and which fully illustrates the invenvention, the figure isa perspective view of the machine.

A represents a semicircular box or body of the machine provided with legsa a, their up per ends inclining toward each other, thus resembling in form the letter V inverted; and this box has inclined extension-pieces a a, arising therefrom on the top of its sides and in the center thereof, which may be made integral therewith, or otherwise form a part of it, and provided with slots a extending far enough down to include a portion of the main body or box A. These slots are provided with iron plates of, which form bearings for the rocker or rubber B, which is also semi-cylindrical, or nearly so, in form, and which prevents the pivot 12 of said rocker from wearing away the wood of the box or body A when washing. The bottom of this box is formed by means of slats 0, their ends being mortised in the sides of the box, and zinc 0, extending from end to end and nearly up to the top of the box, and is secured to the sides of said box by means of a semicircular rod, D, passing through the slats and securing the zinc bottom also, and this rod is provided at its ends with nuts (1 d, for fastening and tightening them.

E E are two parallel-arranged vertical levers, which are secured to the rocker B at each side of the same, and by the same pivot b, which work in the bearings to rock the rocker or rubber B.

F F are two horizontal levers, also arranged parallel with each other, and having one end of each pivoted to the vertical levers E E, near the upper ends of each of the vertical levers E E, and the other ends of these horizontal levers are pivoted to vertical levers G G, near one end of each, arising from each side and one end of the tub or box A and parallel to each other. Handles g g are formed to work the machine by cross'pieces, which connect the levers F F and G G together. The other or lower ends of these levers G G are hinged to the sides and end of the box by hinges g'g', which admit of the system of levers heretofore described of being folded back, and allowing the rocker B to rest thereon when taken out of the box A, its position when taken out being clearly shown in dotted lines in thefigure, while at the same time the system of the aforesaid leverage forms a support or platform for the rocker, as is also clearly seen in the dotted lines above referred to.

H is the wringer-board, to which a wringer may be attached for wringing the clothes after washing them, and I is an end or deflecting board, both of these boards being arranged in relation to each other and secured to the opposite end of the box to that of the levers, so that the water wrung from the wringer may be deflected back into the tub or box A of the machine.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that in washing clothes, which are placed in the box or body A, said box being sufficiently filled with water, all that is necessary to be done by the operator is to grasp hold of the handles of the lovers and push and pull them alternately back and forth, thereby giving a rocking motion to the rocker or rubber upon the clothes in the bottom of the box, which are very expeditiously and thoroughly washed.

The machine is simple in construction and operation, and cheap to manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what I ICO claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters ized as shown, whereby, when the operating- Patent, is handle is depressed on a line with the upper The combination,in awashing-machine havedge of the tub, the rubber will be elevated 15 ing a rubber, substantially as shown, of the tub above the plane thereof, substantially as and 5 A, havingcentral portions which project above for the purpose set forth.

the plane of the upper edge thereof, a vertical In testimony whereof I affix my signature in slot located in the tub and between said propresence of two witnesses.

ectin ortions for the rece )tion of the bar b bf therl l bber, perforated ba s 9, having levers GEORGE XVHITESIDE' IO G G, pivotally attached thereto, and bars F F, Witnesses:

pivotally attached to the levers G G and to the JOHN ARNTZEN, bars E E of the rubber, the parts being organ- J. T. MOORE. 

